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Challenges Facing Pregnant Women in Accessing Free Maternity Services: the Case of Level Five and Six Hospitals in Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)
Free maternity healthcare services were introduced in Kenya in the year 2013.This is in line with the health system objective of universal health coverage in the fifth millennium development goal. The aim was to increase ...
Social Engineering In E-commerce Platforms In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-10)
Cyber criminals have extremely targeted eCommerce as they receive and use money, relay in technology, outsourced services and use of payment technologies like mobile money and online banking channels to carry out their ...
Assessing Contribution Of Carbon Markets In The Enhancement Of Carbon Sinks And Community Resilience To Climate Change: A Case Of Kasigau Redd+ Project, Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)
The services provided by ecosystems are critical in supporting humankind, and upon which all life depends. Over time, ecosystems have faced increasing degradation as a result of human activities. One of the major causes ...
Social Engineering: Managing The Human Element Of Information Security In The Organization
(University of Nairobi, 2016-03)
A definition given by European Network and Information Security Agency social engineering refers to techniques that exploit human weaknesses and manipulate people into breaking normal security procedures (ENISA, 2008, p. ...
In Silico and Molecular Analysis of Xpta Protein Toxin Genes of Xenorhabdus Sp. And Efficacy of the Bacterium on Sitophilus Zeamais and Prostephanus Truncatus.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Bacteria of the genus Xenorhabdus are entomopathogens that produce insecticidal protein toxins against a wide range of insects. The main proteins involved are the Xenorhabdus protein toxins (Xpts), categorized as class A, ...
Modeling Monthly Inflation Rate Volatility in Kenya Using Arch Type Family Models
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)
The purpose of this study describes financial time series modelling with special application to modelling inflation data for Kenya. Specifically the theory of time series is modelled and applied to the inflation data ...
Characterization of Xenorhabdus Spp. Xptb1 and Xptc1 Toxin Genes and Effect of the Bacteria on Chilo Partellus and Busseola Fusca.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Xenorhabdus spp. (Enterobacteriaceae) are endosymbionts of entomopathogenic nematodes from the Steinernema genus. They cause insect mortality by producing potent insecticidal toxin complexes composed of XptA1, XptA2 (class ...
The Reliability of Capital Asset Pricing Model on Valuation of Listed Firms at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)
One of the most important modern financial theories that has dominated capital markets and influenced the field of finance and business for over the past five decades is the Capital Asset Pricing Model. However, due to its ...
‘D-Mash’ - a Concurrent Distributed Booking System
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Since time immemorial, man has always looked for a better way to co-exist with nature in a diverse universe. In pursuit of this, challenges such as transport problems in remote areas, latency in communication channels ...
Hazard Functions of Exponential Mixtures and Their Link With Mixed Poisson Distributions
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)
In this study the mixed Poisson distribution has been defined in terms of the hazard
function of an exponential mixture. This work, therefore, has shown that there is a
link between exponential and Poisson mixtures, such ...